Purdue Polytechnic’s Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar is one of seven scholars named to the University of Adelaide’s first-ever class of international fellows. They will add their own behavioral and technical expertise to the university’s research in methods to identify and catch online child predators.

Purdue Polytechnic's Mark French has spent the equivalent of a second career consulting Hoosier businesses, making sure they succeed. He was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Purdue for these efforts.

Congratulations to Purdue Polytechnic's Cheng Peng, awarded by a DC-based National Academy branch for significant contributions as a young scholar of transportation research. 

Chad Laux from the Department of Computer and Information Technology is now onto the third award for his coauthored work on management and efficiency, "The Ten Commandments of Lean Six Sigma."

On November 1, Purdue honored Polytechnic professors Jin Wei-Kocsis, Nathan Mentzer, Alejandra Magana, Vetria Byrd, Joseph Hupy and Baijian “Justin” Yang with Seed for Success Acorn Awards. The award recognizes Purdue researchers who have obtained their first grant of $1 million or more in funding.

The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) honored Purdue Polytechnic’s Yi Jiang and his colleagues with the 2023 Thomas C. Keefer Medal for their research into how road surface conditions relate to the outcomes of traffic incidents. Their research could lead to improvements in road safety.

Luigi Dy, a doctoral student in Purdue Polytechnic, was awarded by the Transportation Research Board based in Washington, D.C. for his work in preventing incursions on aircraft runways.

Congratulations to Polytechnic alumni Duncan Mulgrew and Trevor Redpath, two founders of the startup Uniform Sierra Aerospace. Their drone company was awarded $100,000 by Purdue Innovate's Startup Foundry.

James Tanoos, a Purdue Polytechnic professor with many years of practical expertise in the global supply chain, won the best presenter award at the 2nd World Conference on Mechanical Engineering (WCME).

Hubo Cai, interim head of Purdue Polytechnic's School of Construction Management Technology, won the American Society of Civil Engineers' foremost award for groundbreaking research on 3D location tracking on construction sites.